Harness-hanger.



J. F. & A. L. BLADHOLM.

HARNESS HANGER.

APPLICATION FIL-ED OCT-9.1916" Patented Sept. 11, 1917.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTUR/VV 1 p sans an FFIUE.

JOHN F. BLADHOLM AND AXEL n BLADHOLM, or MARSHALL, MINNESOTA.

HARNESS-HANGER.

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To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN F. BLADI-IOLM and Axnn L. BLADHOLM, bothcitizens of the United States, and residents of Marshall, in the countyof Lyon and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and ImprovedHarness-Hanger, of which the fol-- lowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription. V

Among the principal objects which the present lnvention has in'view are:to elevate a harness or similar article beyond where it may beinterfered with by the customary traflic; to dispose an apparatus of thecharacter mentioned in position to receive the article which it is tosupport and to hold the same in receiving position While receiving saidarticle; and to reduce friction or drag on the supporting member.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a hanger of the character mentionedconstructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, thesection being taken as on the line 1-1 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken-as on the line 22 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view, the view being taken as on the line 3-3 inFig. 1.

Description.

As seen in the drawings, a guide chute 8 is secured to a standingstructure in a preferably vertical position by means of screws 9 orother suitable fastening devices. The chute 8 is rectangular in crosssection and has in the exposed side thereof, a slot 10, through which isextended a bracket arm 11. Adjacent its lower end the chute is providedwith a series of perforations 12 into which falls the crooked end of ahook 13.

At the upper end of the chute a bracket 14 is rigidly secured whereon arubber buffer 15 is rigidly mounted. The buffer 15 is intended to arrestthe carriage16 when the same is elevated by the spring-actuated drum 17.Thecarriage16 is provided with rollers 18. The rollers 18 are disposedto form four pairs, two pairs of rollers bearing against the innersurfaces of the front flanges 19 of the chute 8. The other pairs ofrollers bear upon the back of the chute as shown best in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. The carriage 16 is preferably integral with Specification'ofLetters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 191%.

' 1 Application filed Oetober 9, 191s. Serial No. 124,587.

the bracket arm 11, which forms a saddle to carry the harness. Thebracket arm 11 is reinforced by a brace 20 extended from the lower endof the carriage 16.

At the junction of the bracket arm 11 and the brace 20, is secured apull cord 21, the handle 22 whereof hangs within reach when the bumper23 of the carriage 16 engages the buffer 15 of the bracket 14.

When the carriage 16 is drawn down b pulling on the cord 21, the hook 13falls into one or other of the perforations 12. The lower wall 24 ofeach perforation is outwardly declined to deflect the hook 13 if presseddownward thereon. In this manner the hook 13 may be drawn past severalof'the perforations before being permitted to engage the perforationdesired.

The hook 13 has a pivot shaft 25 extend ing between lugs 26 projectingfrom the lower end of the carriage 16. The hook 13 is rocked into theperforations 12 by the overbalancing weight of the handle 27.

When in operation a spring 28 with which the drum 17 is providednormally elevates the carriage 16, bracket arm 11, and articlessupported thereon until arrested by the bracket 14 and the buffer 15.The height at which the bracket arm 11 is then disposed is sufficient toprevent the parts of a horse harness for which the hanger isparticularly designed, from trailing on the ground or being interferedwith by the animals in adjacent stalls.

When it is desired to remove the harness from the bracket or to placethe harness thereon, the operator engages the handle 22 and draws, bymeans of the cord 21, the bracket arm 11 and carriage 16 down until thehook 13 engages the upper edge of one of the perforations 12. The hook13 thereafter restrains the carriage 16 and holds the bracket arm inposition.

The harness having been removed or replaced on the bracket arm 11, theoperator engages the handle 27 and by lifting the same withdraws thehook 13 from engagement with the wall of the perforation 12 and permitsthe spring 28 to wind the cable 29 on the drum 17 to draw the carriage16 upward until the bumper 23 strikes the buffer 15.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 3, two drums 30 are employed to windthere on two ribbons 31, each of which is connected with the carriage16. In this manner, additional lifting power may be em-:

ployed for lifting double sets of harness.

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disposed therein; a bracket arm extending from said carriage beyond said.chute adapted for 'supportlng a'harn'es's; means vitor elevating saidcarriage, said means. em-

1. A harness hanger comprising a guide bodying a spring-winding drum anda flexichute; a wheel-supported carriage movably disposed therein; abracket arm extending from said carriage beyond said chute adapted forsupporting a harness; means for elevating said carriage, said meansembodying a spring-windingdrum and a flexible connection between saiddrum and said carriage; and means for holding said carriage in loweredreceiving position for said bracket arm, said means embodying a seriesof perforations in said chute'and a latch for engaging the sa" e mountedon said carriage,

a 2. A harness hanger comprising a guide chute; a wheelsupportedcarriage movably ble connection between said drum and said carrlage; andmeans for holding sald carriage in lowered receiving position for said,bracket arm, sa1d means embodying a series of perforations in said chuteand a latch for engaging the same mounted on said carriage, said latchembodying a crook end and an exposed handle extending beyond said chute,the weight of said handle over-i balancing said crook end for causingthe same "to enter said perforations when disposed opposite the same.

JOHN F. 'BLADHOLM; AXEL 'L. BLADHOLM.

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